Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 9:19am
By ART CULLEN
Terry Branstad knows the essential political fact of Iowa: You must win the rural vote. He is the longest-serving governor in the state’s history, so you have to give him credit for being the best at politics.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 8:53am
By ART CULLEN
It is hard to tell from the bottom of a tennis shoe how much wool the woolybear caterpillar has developed as school bells ring.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 08/20/2014 - 9:48am
By ART CULLEN
This much should be clear to Michael Barbaro, a New York Times correspondent who hosted about a dozen Pocahontas community leaders for supper last Wednesday evening at the Home Plate Café on Main Street:
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 08/13/2014 - 8:59am
By ART CULLEN
Virgins on a voyage in an aging Nashville band van often wonder what they’re getting in on for a first-time gig at Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 08/06/2014 - 9:02am
By ART CULLEN
Rep. Steve King got another 15 minutes of infamy Friday for bringing down House Speaker John Boehner over a bill responding to the homeless children at the Texas-Mexico border.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 9:11am
By ART CULLEN
Nepotism works so long as you keep it in the family. So we are delighted to report that Whitney Robinson joined The Storm Lake Times family on Monday as a reporter.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 07/23/2014 - 9:03am
By ART CULLEN
The last three weekends have been spent on the road. Two trips to the Twin Cities for weddings on successive weeks brought curses for the freeway traffic. On one trip I was right on schedule until I met the outer ring of Interstate Hades they call I-494. It took me nearly two hours to get from the south side of the metro to the north side.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 9:04am
By ART CULLEN
Few things in this life more resemble the damnation of Hades than driving in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, a place I loved so well. Having a tooth pulled? At least you have something to show for it. Getting free tickets to a Christian rock concert with a set of new tires? Maybe you could scalp them to an innocent soul.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Tue, 07/08/2014 - 2:53pm
By ART CULLEN
The Irish delegation for the Parade of Nations on the Fourth of July didn’t amount to much. It was just me and my flag. Without Joe O’Malley to lead us, God rest his soul, the Celts decided to stay in bed or lie around in the shade with a cool pint.
Submitted by
clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 9:12am
